Japanese educator now world’s oldest man
A 111-year-old retired Japanese educator is now the world’s oldest living man.Sakari Momoi lives in Saitama Prefecture,...
read morePrince Katsura dead at 66
Japan’s Prince Katsura died of heart failure at a hospital in Tokyo yesterday (Sunday) morning.The 66-year-old prince w...
read moreNewborn fawns debut in Nara
An ancient city in western Japan is welcoming some newborns.This year’s newborn fawns were shown to the public at a park...
read moreCapybara babies drawing crowds
People in central Japan are oohing and aahing over a litter of newborn capybaras.Three of the furry critters were born ...
read moreMatsuzakaya eyes summer gifts to counteract tax hike
A department store in central Japan is hoping to fight a slowdown in the wake of a tax hike.Japan’s sales tax was raise...
read moreFukushima Update #37 “Restarts Trumping Contingency Plans”
The Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan could become the first to restart under the new safety regulations, but l...
read moreRestarts Trumping Contingency Plans
The Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan could become the first to restart under the new safety regulations, but l...
read moreResidents wary of waste storage facility
Government officials have briefed the residents of two municipalities in Fukushima about their plan to build a massive f...
read more“ICE WALL” construction begins
Engineers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have started a massive project to isolate the crippled reactors behind ...
read moreSoftBank debuts ‘emotional’ robot Pepper
Japan’s tech giant SoftBank took the wraps of a new “emotional” robot today.CEO Masayoshi Son introduced the robot name...
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